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Leno: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Brescia, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Alessandro Manzoni 1, Leno.

Leno, farmsteads and fields in the Brescia lowlands

Leno is a sizeable town in the Bassa Bresciana, the farming plain south of Brescia made up of maize fields, old farmsteads (cascine), livestock farms and irrigation channels. Its history is tied to an ancient Benedictine abbey founded in the Lombard era, for centuries one of the most influential in the Lombardy plain. Besides the main town, the municipality includes hamlets such as Porzano and Castelletto.

This is car country. Leno has no railway station, and the public transport timetables used by the report show no stops within the municipality: anyone working in Brescia or in the province's industrial areas will need a car, and commuting distance is worth measuring from the exact address. Housing ranges from restored farmsteads to detached houses and flats in small blocks near the centre.

There were 14,405 residents in 2023 according to Istat, the national statistics office, up 0.3% on 2011, so nearly stable. The estimated average age is 44.3, lower than the provincial 45.4, and foreign residents are 12.5%, a high share as in many farming and industrial towns around Brescia. Households average 2.49 people; declared incomes are below the provincial average. Healthcare facilities, 15 in all, are above average per resident.

The province of Brescia has 52 municipalities in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection scale, mainly towards Lake Garda and the valleys, and 153 in zone 3. Leno is in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.134 g. In farmsteads and older masonry houses, find out how the floors and roof were rebuilt, because that is where the weak points tend to be.

The dense network of irrigation channels makes a flood check worthwhile, and the report does it for the address; the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps let it trace the land parcel. Cold, foggy winters, climate zone E.

Key points

  • Farming plain south of Brescia, with farmsteads and irrigation channels.
  • No public transport stops in the timetables used: a car is needed.
  • Foreign residents 12.5%, average age 44.3.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.134 g.

Overview

Leno is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 14,405 residents, among the most populous in the province (14 of 205).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Leno is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (153 of 205) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.134 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 44 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 12.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Leno declared an average taxable income of 24,889 euros, in line with the province (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Leno is in climate zone E, with 2,399 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 66 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Leno has 11 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 11 grocery shops and supermarkets, 15 healthcare facilities and 7 sports facilities.

There are 1.0 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.7).

Public transport

The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Leno.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 13.7% of the land in Leno, compared with 10.5% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Leno is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list no open contaminated sites in Leno; 3 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Leno: the report checks the address against the ISPRA maps.

House prices

The Revenue Agency's price ranges per square metre (OMI) apply to zones, not to whole municipalities: the report gives the range for the address's zone.

Land registry

The cadastral maps for Leno are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.

Liveability area by area

The Vicinalia liveability index runs from 0 to 100 and looks at the place, not the people who live there: services within walking distance, transport, green space, natural hazards, air, quiet, buildings and connection. Here it is worked out at the centre of each of the 72 inhabited census areas in Leno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 37.7%
  • good 62.3%

Vicinalia index by census area, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Data: IdroGEO ISPRA (2026), Istat, INGV, EEA, AGCOM, Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.

The colour is the value at the centre of the area. For an exact address, search for it above: the free check looks at that exact point. How the index is worked out

Data sources

ISTAT code 017088. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.